Euchelicerata - Eurypterida - Adelophthalmidae
Alternative combinations: Anthraconectes mansfieldi, Dolichopterus mansfieldi, Eurypterus mansfieldi
Synonym: Eurypterus stylus Hall 1884
Full reference: C. E. Hall. 1877. Contribution to Paleontology from the Museum of the Second Geological Survey of Pennsylvania . Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 16(99):621-622
Belongs to Adelophthalmus according to E. N. K. Kjellesvig-Waering 1958
See also Clarke and Ruedemann 1912, Dunlop et al. 2013, Dunlop et al. 2020 and Hall 1877
Sister taxa: Adelophthalmus (Eurypterus), Adelophthalmus approximatus, Adelophthalmus asturica, Adelophthalmus brasdorense, Adelophthalmus cambieri, Adelophthalmus carbonarius, Adelophthalmus chinensis, Adelophthalmus corneti, Adelophthalmus douvillei, Adelophthalmus dubius, Adelophthalmus dumonti, Adelophthalmus granosus, Adelophthalmus imhofi, Adelophthalmus irinae, Adelophthalmus kamyshtensis, Adelophthalmus kidstoni, Adelophthalmus lohesti, Adelophthalmus luceroensis, Adelophthalmus mazonensis, Adelophthalmus moyseyi, Adelophthalmus nebraskensis, Adelophthalmus pennsylvanicus, Adelophthalmus perornatus, Adelophthalmus piussii, Adelophthalmus pruvosti, Adelophthalmus pyrrhae, Adelophthalmus raniceps, Adelophthalmus sellardsi, Adelophthalmus sievertsi, Adelophthalmus waterstoni, Adelophthalmus wilsoni, Adelophthalmus zadrai, Lepidoderma imhofi, Glyptoscorpius kidstoni
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (1: Pennsylvania collection)
• Carboniferous of United States (2: Pennsylvania)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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